I never quite understood Starhawks's costume. I mean, It looked cool, but I didn't get how that odd cape/wing hybrid design was supposed to work, it seemed awkward that it was connected to the boots. That headpiece must have made it tough going through doorways as well.
Maybe it was supposed to be some kind of bio-psionic version of a solar sail. Able to gather ambient photons in outer space and psychokinetically convert them into tachyons (for FTL space flight)!
ReplyDeleteThe costume worked - BECAUSE! Comics! Ha!
ReplyDeleteMaybe the headgear was ethereal in nature and thus never got in the way. What use it was for, if any, I could not say though.
ReplyDeleteAccording to Marvel Database, the membrane/cape/whatever was used to collect and mingle photons and anti-gravitons for flying through space unaided (similar to GL's, I guess). So, maybe Carycomic was half-right...
ReplyDelete...for once. ;-D
I don't know about the cape/wing, but that purple costume calls out for teaming him with The Phantom.
ReplyDeleteIt's blue-and-gold, actually.
DeleteWhereas Lee Falk's Phantom would match much more nicely with Zen the Intergalactic Ninja!
DeleteThis blog is just screaming for an Edna Mode-led tour de farce through questionable costume choices. Other candidates could include Wonder Man, Tyroc, Spawn, and the Sixth Doctor.
ReplyDeleteOr the 3rd Doctor (who always said "yes!" to wearing a cape).
Deletefuture meet: Starhawk and Star Hawkins??
ReplyDeleteOr Jonah Hex vs. the Six-gun Gorilla?
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